Seasonal Paragon Experience Calculator

With the end of Season One and the great merging approaching, many players are wondering what sort of Paragon level they’ll attain when their seasonal and “era” experience is added together.

We’ve looked at charts and graphs in the past and the answer to the combined exp is always “a lot less than you’d expect.” That’s because the experience increases exponentially with higher Paragon levels, so adding P200 and P200 doesn’t get you anywhere near P400 (it’s P277), and the numbers get scarier as you advance. P400 + P400 = P507. And P500 + P500 = P599. And P600 + P600 = P682. And so on. The real sadness is when you add a lower amount to a bigger one, and see it hardly make a drop in the bucket. (P500 + P100 = P504.)

If you want to calculate your own values precisely, Bulgarian D3 site D3BG.org has created a helpful Seasonal Paragon Experience calculator that adds values up to Paragon 1448. Just enter your seasonal and era paragon levels and click the “Go” button for instant satisfaction. Or not, depending on the numbers involved…

The whole exp combination thing seems less than exciting since I'm going to play Season Two right from the start. I was out of town last Season and wasn't able to join in the scramble, but I hope to be rushing along this time. And thus all existing exp, from era or s1 is sort of irrelevant. Alas…

I think we should all take the opposite perspective. So don't think of your P454 only gaining 23 paragon levels. Think of your P258 characters nearly doubling in Paragon points!

To share my pain, I'm at P550ish (softcore) in Season 2 on the PTR thanks to the big exp buffs and legendary drop rate letting me supergear so quickly. Even after the buffs went away, I was continually amazed how fast I leveled through the 400s and 500s when playing a char that could steamroll T6 or GR40+. It felt faster than going up through the P200s with a character who had to struggle in T6.

At any rate, I'll go from that to Paragon ZERO when I next play S2 on live, and that'll be in Hardcore without the huge leg drop rate buff.

Hopefully we'll at least get the +100 exp buff the first days of the new season…